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as leader pelosi said at the outset, yesterday we saw the 33rd vote in the house of representatives to repeal the important protections that are contained in the affordable care act. there are a number of bills where we had zero votes. the president's jobs initiative is one. no votes on that. another bill with zero votes on is disclose bill. designed to make sure that voters know who is financing these campaigns and so that we can understand what special interests are trying to rig the rules of the economy in their favor. now, this is a house of representatives that is pretending that it is one of the most open house of representatives in recent times and yet they have refused to even hold a hearing on the disclose act. not even a hearing. it's been requested many times by congressman brady, congressman gonzales, and others on the house committee on administration. nothing. those members had to hold an unofficial hearing to bring out the facts on this issue because the majority refuseded to hav d hearing. ironic on a bill that calls for greater openness, house republicans refused to ev
as leader pelosi said at the outset, yesterday we saw the 33rd vote in the house of representatives to repeal the important protections that are contained in the affordable care act. there are a number of bills where we had zero votes. the president's jobs initiative is one. no votes on that. another bill with zero votes on is disclose bill. designed to make sure that voters know who is financing these campaigns and so that we can understand what special interests are trying to rig the rules of...
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and he has to get a majority of the republicans to vote for it, and then i presume speaker and leader pelosi will produce the democratic votes necessary if the president signed on. i still think there is a pathway to doing this. i think the pathway leads through the presidency as it always has because the president is the leader of the country and involves the president and the speaker reaching an agreement based on what was the original understanding which was there would be more spending reduction than revenues and they have to get back to an agreement that accomplishes that. >> would you agree that this possibility of an agreement has been complicated by the right wing of the republican party and there were a lot of people who support john boehner who were very upset after that meeting yesterday. let me just play for you what steve latourette had to say coming out of there. >> we have been doing that for two years with these people. they become martyrs. they become martyrs in the eyes of the extreme groups and i want to be clear. the democrats have their wing nuts, too, but in our confere
and he has to get a majority of the republicans to vote for it, and then i presume speaker and leader pelosi will produce the democratic votes necessary if the president signed on. i still think there is a pathway to doing this. i think the pathway leads through the presidency as it always has because the president is the leader of the country and involves the president and the speaker reaching an agreement based on what was the original understanding which was there would be more spending...
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you saw a manifestation of that last week on this show when nancy pelosi came on this show and said, essentially, democrats can win back the house. nancy pelosi said not only is she confident that democrats can get the 25 seats they need to take e back control of the house, which is a huge number, she says she, quote, liked to have 35 seats, which would be a lot. and while it is news worthy that the democrats think they can take back the house, it should be said that a number of other observers looking at the same prospect are call k the idea that the democrats could take back the house pretty much impossible. politico publishing a piece on it. one of the consequences of republicans winning so many seats in the state legislatures in the big election of 2010 is that because that was a census year, that was also a redistricting year. and all of those bright red republican state legislatures that were elected in that year, they were able to redistrict congressional districts in their states to protect the republicans who won congressional seats in the midterms. and so despite the democr
you saw a manifestation of that last week on this show when nancy pelosi came on this show and said, essentially, democrats can win back the house. nancy pelosi said not only is she confident that democrats can get the 25 seats they need to take e back control of the house, which is a huge number, she says she, quote, liked to have 35 seats, which would be a lot. and while it is news worthy that the democrats think they can take back the house, it should be said that a number of other observers...
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nancy pelosi bringing war funding bills to the house floor during the bush administration. not because she loved the idea of continuing the wars in afghanistan and iraq but because she saw that was a priority that needed to move whether or not it was going to have a lot of democratic votes. >> amazing. you think of all those things in the senate. the farm bill had enough republican support over there. never brought up in the house. it's a tough thing to do for john boehner. john allen, thank you so much for joining us. looking forward to the book about hillary and concussion-dpat. it will be interesting. next, as a new senator gets swarn in today, the fight from john kerry is reading up. >>> topping the headlines on andrea mitchell reports, former president george h.w. bush has been moved to the intensive care unit of a houston hospital where he's been battling a cough since november. the 88-year-old was moved to the icu recently after a foout few setbacks including a persistent fever. doctors are optimistic. >>> another member of president obama's administration is steppin
nancy pelosi bringing war funding bills to the house floor during the bush administration. not because she loved the idea of continuing the wars in afghanistan and iraq but because she saw that was a priority that needed to move whether or not it was going to have a lot of democratic votes. >> amazing. you think of all those things in the senate. the farm bill had enough republican support over there. never brought up in the house. it's a tough thing to do for john boehner. john allen,...
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luke, there is the story of nancy pelosi and steny hoyer goes back 50 years. on another day when we have more time, i want to get into it. >> both interns in that senate maryland office. >> senator brewster. the question in the immediate term is this. if she were to step aside right now, the only guy who has the votes to replace here is tenney hoyer. she's stoking speculation she might leave, but what is the scuttle but there? is she still the deck tim leader when this is over? >> in preparation for this segment i made calls to folks about what she thought would help behind the scenes. a small group thinks pelosi could stay, and she enjoys the fund-raising aspect and being part of the conversation. if she wants to stay, it's all hers. if she goes, there's speculation she can appoint her own successor, perhaps somebody who is more appealing to the liberals within her caucus. the caucus is more liberal in the last election to supersede steny hoyer. from conversations i've had recently folks asay steny hoyer because of his personal relationships in congress over
luke, there is the story of nancy pelosi and steny hoyer goes back 50 years. on another day when we have more time, i want to get into it. >> both interns in that senate maryland office. >> senator brewster. the question in the immediate term is this. if she were to step aside right now, the only guy who has the votes to replace here is tenney hoyer. she's stoking speculation she might leave, but what is the scuttle but there? is she still the deck tim leader when this is over?...
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i remember when speaker pelosi had the bill to fund the iraq war. our democratic caucus wasn't in support of that. nonetheless she put a bill on the floor where we had to fund the iraq floor. she did it because it was in the best interest of the american people. at the end of the day speaker boehner who is the speaker of the whole house has to do what is in the best interest and let the will of the house take its call. he has to move forward on this. you can't put the blame on the president. we need to go back to the speaker. >> republican congressman said this of john boehner's leadership today. >> the reason that boehnjohn bo has trouble isn't a lack of leadership, it is because he lets people participate which wasn't the case in the past. >> do you think this is true and what other options does boehner have to reach a compromise with the president? >> i think he is right. whenever you had whether nancy pelosi with his caucus or speaker boehner you have a lot of cats to herd. on these issues you have cats going different ways. the speaker may say
i remember when speaker pelosi had the bill to fund the iraq war. our democratic caucus wasn't in support of that. nonetheless she put a bill on the floor where we had to fund the iraq floor. she did it because it was in the best interest of the american people. at the end of the day speaker boehner who is the speaker of the whole house has to do what is in the best interest and let the will of the house take its call. he has to move forward on this. you can't put the blame on the president. we...
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the house democratic leader nancy pelosi says plan b just isn't fair. >> more than 20 million children will have reduced food and nutrition benefits. merry christmas to you and yours. 1.7 million seniors will lose meals on wheels. happy holidays to you. >> and of course the white house has issued a veto threat on plan b. the senate democratic leader says he is not going to bring up plan b for a vote. if it passes the house tonight but first things first. house republican leaders say with two weeks from -- less than two weeks from the fiscal cliff they feel like they need to pass something. shep? >> shepard: and mike a happy holidays to you as well. the white house says president obama's latest offer may not be his final offer but staffers also say there is not much further he can go. we are live at the white house coming up inside fox report. first though the state department made mistakes and needs to hold itself accountable. that acknowledgment came just hours ago during hearings on capitol hill. state department officials were there testifying about the attack on our consulate in be
the house democratic leader nancy pelosi says plan b just isn't fair. >> more than 20 million children will have reduced food and nutrition benefits. merry christmas to you and yours. 1.7 million seniors will lose meals on wheels. happy holidays to you. >> and of course the white house has issued a veto threat on plan b. the senate democratic leader says he is not going to bring up plan b for a vote. if it passes the house tonight but first things first. house republican leaders say...
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nancy pelosi running again. david petraeus will testify tomorrow in front of senate intelligence committee, not in front of cameras but on capitol hill tomorrow. let me bring back alfonso and jackie and i want to go back to the nancy pelosi news. alfonso, status quo, but it's status quo among the leaders. boehner and mcconnell still in charge. although they did better and you could argue there's no reason. are you surprised there's not a push to change leaders inside your party even if it's just the face of the party a little bit? >> it's difficult. within the house there is -- i think there will be a battle for the conference chair. >> but it's a -- >> i'm surprised, yeah, but at the same time, we need strong leadership and a strong speaker and i think boehner can do a good job -- >> looks like he's going to get more political leeway. he doesn't have eric cantor. it seems like there's for trust between the two but, jackie, if the american people had known they not only were re-electing status quo but the same p
nancy pelosi running again. david petraeus will testify tomorrow in front of senate intelligence committee, not in front of cameras but on capitol hill tomorrow. let me bring back alfonso and jackie and i want to go back to the nancy pelosi news. alfonso, status quo, but it's status quo among the leaders. boehner and mcconnell still in charge. although they did better and you could argue there's no reason. are you surprised there's not a push to change leaders inside your party even if it's...
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. >> next, nancy pelosi answers fiscal cliff questions. this is about 20 minutes. >> good afternoon. i'm here today with my colleague. i invited him here to be with us this afternoon because yesterday i named tim to be the head of the leadership task force of election reform. i believe how we do our policy is directly related to -- it has a direct impact on the policies that we create in congress. our founders risked their lives and liberties and their sacred honor for a government of the many and not government of the money. john larson is the perfect person in that regard. first, i want to talk about the subject at hand. the president has his pen in hand. he is ready to sign the middle class income tax. a similar bill was introduced into the house at that time. since then, we have been asking republican leadership to bring middle income tax cuts to the floor. the clock is ticking. it is important for the tax legislation to happen now. we are calling on the republican leadership in the house to bring this legislation to the floor next wee
. >> next, nancy pelosi answers fiscal cliff questions. this is about 20 minutes. >> good afternoon. i'm here today with my colleague. i invited him here to be with us this afternoon because yesterday i named tim to be the head of the leadership task force of election reform. i believe how we do our policy is directly related to -- it has a direct impact on the policies that we create in congress. our founders risked their lives and liberties and their sacred honor for a government...
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the minority puts up their chosen leader, this time nancy pelosi. it's usually pro forma, but this time it has a real weight to it, because one of the reasons we're in this situation right now is because we're waiting for john boehner to be reelected to speaker of the house before they make a move, because only if 16 or 17 republicans don't vote for the guy, he could lose. they just want to wait. >> that's, i think, a point we've all been missing here is that after plan b's gone down, there seems to be some thinking, especially in boehner land, that we don't want our fingerprints on anything that could lead to some sort of conservative ensue su sure. >> it would be very embarra embarrassing. republicans voting for someone else or abstaining, they would have to probably shut the whole house down, have a whole meeting, drum up the votes. it would be very embarrassing and i think you're also seeing it on the senate side, mitch mcconnell is thinking, senate minority leader, if john boehner doesn't want his fingerprints on something, why do i want my fin
the minority puts up their chosen leader, this time nancy pelosi. it's usually pro forma, but this time it has a real weight to it, because one of the reasons we're in this situation right now is because we're waiting for john boehner to be reelected to speaker of the house before they make a move, because only if 16 or 17 republicans don't vote for the guy, he could lose. they just want to wait. >> that's, i think, a point we've all been missing here is that after plan b's gone down,...
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of success es around the country, elected an alan west and -- >> well but that the party. >> obama pelosi and reid. alance the budget. >> you're talking macro. i'm talking micro. i'm talking on the ground in neighborhoods, there's a reason why my was to go to harlem in harlem election as natioe to that was, why are you in harlem? that's where the voters core effort by the national party was to the state parties to generate that energy remembering where we were coming from '06 and '08. we didn't have -- i'm not -- minimizing the symbolism. >> jettison that. >> the symbolism of reaching out and since you left being chair, that went away and that's a big problem for the party. but to become a majority party -- >> yes. >> ideas leaders, organizations. >> absolutely. >> coordination between the national party and congressional wing, nothing. >> didn't happen. true. >> and maybe stop rape. that's my little asterisk to theof break. thank you as always to the reverend al sharpton his insight. >> i leave you with the chairman and good hands. >> news zombies. >> chairman and my two zombie darls. jo
of success es around the country, elected an alan west and -- >> well but that the party. >> obama pelosi and reid. alance the budget. >> you're talking macro. i'm talking micro. i'm talking on the ground in neighborhoods, there's a reason why my was to go to harlem in harlem election as natioe to that was, why are you in harlem? that's where the voters core effort by the national party was to the state parties to generate that energy remembering where we were coming from '06...
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. >> nancy pelosi tried to do that and the signature is not there. chuck hegel was a colleague of yours. are you surprised about the criticism he received from the left and the right being the possible nominee for president obama in the obama administration in the second term? >> hegel used on foreign policy, but he hasn't received a lot of criticism. how much of that is justified? i can't tell you. >> senator from vermont, we thank you for joining us the day after christmas. >> joining us to talk big picture and the president's second term cabinet, nbc editor mark murray was the december employee of the month. congratulations. >> excuse me. you heard from senator sanders saying the lack of urgency hasn't been a problem, but if you look at it for all intents and purposes, boehner removed himself from these discussions. harry reid, president obama, and a little bit of mitch mcconnell. what is possible of making a deal? >> the ball seems to be in mitch mcconnell's court. does he filibuster anything that harry reid ends up making with president obama? w
. >> nancy pelosi tried to do that and the signature is not there. chuck hegel was a colleague of yours. are you surprised about the criticism he received from the left and the right being the possible nominee for president obama in the obama administration in the second term? >> hegel used on foreign policy, but he hasn't received a lot of criticism. how much of that is justified? i can't tell you. >> senator from vermont, we thank you for joining us the day after christmas....
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with republican leaders john boehner and mitch mcconnell and democratic leaders harry reid and nancy pelosi. returning to capitol hill mitch mcconnell went to the senate floor saying he is optimistic there can be a deal. he believes it can come by sunday afternoon, and at that point he would go back to the president with whatever it is he and reid are agreeing to. he said's optimistic that the next 24 hours are critical. however, tennessee senator bob cochran says even if a deal does get done don't expect too much. >> we're goakd up with a small kick the can down the road bill that creates another fiscal cliff to deal with this fiscal cliff. >> the president did say deja vu all over again. if corker is right, we are going to say some of the same machinations we've seen before. if it doesn't happen, the president wants that up or down vote on his plan. >> remember night, monday night is new year's eve when it all could go bad. >> and happy new year to you. >> thank you, gary. >>> and economists are warning that going over that fiscal cliff could pull us all back into recession. congress impr
with republican leaders john boehner and mitch mcconnell and democratic leaders harry reid and nancy pelosi. returning to capitol hill mitch mcconnell went to the senate floor saying he is optimistic there can be a deal. he believes it can come by sunday afternoon, and at that point he would go back to the president with whatever it is he and reid are agreeing to. he said's optimistic that the next 24 hours are critical. however, tennessee senator bob cochran says even if a deal does get done...
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and here's where nancy pelosi comes in. if you've got about 30 republicans, it could actually pass. >> good afternoon, everyone. i've been working with leaders to try to forge an agreement to grow our economy and shrink the deficit. a balanced plan that would cut spending a responsible way, but also ask the wealthiest americans to pay a little more and protect the middle class and everyone striving to get into the middle class. i still want to get this cone. it's the right thing for our families. but the hour for immediate action is here. it is now. we're now at the point where in just four days, every american's tax rates are scheduled to go up by law. every american's paycheck will get considerably smaller. and that would be the wrong thing to do. it would be bad for middle class families and bad for businesses that depend on family spending. forchew nat ew fortunately, con can prevent it from happening. i just had a good discussion about how to prevent this tax hike on the middle class. and i'm optimistic we may still be
and here's where nancy pelosi comes in. if you've got about 30 republicans, it could actually pass. >> good afternoon, everyone. i've been working with leaders to try to forge an agreement to grow our economy and shrink the deficit. a balanced plan that would cut spending a responsible way, but also ask the wealthiest americans to pay a little more and protect the middle class and everyone striving to get into the middle class. i still want to get this cone. it's the right thing for our...
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nancy pelosi was the leading voice in congress, calling for and working towards his release. i want to take this opportunity to personally and publicly thanked her for all that she did to remind the world about the state. [applause] and take a moment of course to share the joy over his release and return home this past october. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the house democratic leader, nancy pelosi. ♪ >> good evening. thank you, amy friedkin for your generous introduction commit your friendship and your ongoing leadership. now and as a president of aipac. tonight is a true honor to be here with the leader of the jewish state of israel, prime minister benjamin netanyahu. [applause] i will never forget the great honor of visiting the prime minister in his office last may when he took great pride in showing us an ancient seal and artifacts dating back 2700 years found in the recent evaluations near their of western wall it was inscribed with the name had netanyahu in hebrew, a direct connection to the history of the jewish people. [applause] yest
nancy pelosi was the leading voice in congress, calling for and working towards his release. i want to take this opportunity to personally and publicly thanked her for all that she did to remind the world about the state. [applause] and take a moment of course to share the joy over his release and return home this past october. [applause] ladies and gentlemen, please join me in welcoming the house democratic leader, nancy pelosi. ♪ >> good evening. thank you, amy friedkin for your...
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nancy pelosi spoke out. chuck schumer. michael bloomberg. debbie wasserman schultz. i feel like saying her name again. debbie wasserman schultz. they have already endorsed this movement. this is something i find fascinating. st. louis, my city, a great city. i'm partisan. >> my city, too, dana. >> right. we had a parade. a veterans day parade and in the same year, we had a parade for the returning iraqi veterans from iraq and afghanistan. now what's fascinating about this is that there were individuals who wanted to have a parade in new york city for the iraq and afghanistan war vete n veterans and new york said no. what did new york do for months on end? they allowed the occupy wall streeters to parade without a permit and camp in zuccotti park without a permit and defecate on cop cars. let me forget. the raping and drug selling. all of that crime associated with it. they will let these people do that, but we cannot have a parade for our veterans? they already endorsed this movement. remind them of this. when you go back home, if you talk tur elected official, say d
nancy pelosi spoke out. chuck schumer. michael bloomberg. debbie wasserman schultz. i feel like saying her name again. debbie wasserman schultz. they have already endorsed this movement. this is something i find fascinating. st. louis, my city, a great city. i'm partisan. >> my city, too, dana. >> right. we had a parade. a veterans day parade and in the same year, we had a parade for the returning iraqi veterans from iraq and afghanistan. now what's fascinating about this is that...
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you have to remember nancy pelosi and the democrats that voted no voted to go over the fiscal cliff. they have been trying to kill all the bush tax cuts. even mr. obama since 2005 when he was running as a senator. i don't know what your thoughts are about that. i would like to hear about the democrats voted to push us off the fiscal cliff. host: how you pick political heroes? caller: this is a republic and want to see going back to what it was. people are getting knocked off of unemployment in states because their rates went down. we go off this cliff, anybody on extended unemployment will not get a check in january. host: this is gary who chooses ben bernanke. beverly is next from vermont. caller: hello/ ? my choice is the teachers of america. i cannot believe that people did not speak up more for the teachers. they do they hurled job practically every day. host: why are they political heroes? caller: who do you think is going to run the country in the future? this is something that people do not understand. our future is our children. nobody seems to care. my choice is the teachers
you have to remember nancy pelosi and the democrats that voted no voted to go over the fiscal cliff. they have been trying to kill all the bush tax cuts. even mr. obama since 2005 when he was running as a senator. i don't know what your thoughts are about that. i would like to hear about the democrats voted to push us off the fiscal cliff. host: how you pick political heroes? caller: this is a republic and want to see going back to what it was. people are getting knocked off of unemployment in...
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go forward with the senate plan, obviously for house democrats as said by the minority leader nancy pelosi they would prefer to see the senate brought up. the republican leadership would like to see the five-year bill move. however, it's been very difficult to wrangle the caucus on that. they're concerned about not just the top-line spending numbers but also the numbers that have been proposed. because of the oil and gas drilling provisions that are attached to the bills. >> so, what will happen? i mean, and what does the president support? >> the president has said that he supports the senate bill. he would support the senate bill. and he has said, you know, he would definitely like to sign it. lot of problems the white house has are very similar to what democrats have had with the house bill which all relate to the oil and gas drilling provisions. >> and finally, a number of votes today and tomorrow on these amendments that were agreed on upon by democrat and republican leaders in the senate, explain this. >> there have been a number of amendments that have come up, earlier, also in febr
go forward with the senate plan, obviously for house democrats as said by the minority leader nancy pelosi they would prefer to see the senate brought up. the republican leadership would like to see the five-year bill move. however, it's been very difficult to wrangle the caucus on that. they're concerned about not just the top-line spending numbers but also the numbers that have been proposed. because of the oil and gas drilling provisions that are attached to the bills. >> so, what will...
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and john boehner kind of got together and nancy pelosi told boehner he could bring the votes for his speakership and then maybe together could isolate the tea party section of his group and take away some of the radical left of her group and bring the moderates together, support him for speakership. me, being a democrat, i would not get everything i want, but the republicans would get everything they wanted. by the time re-election came up they would have seen there was a lot of progress made and maybe they could not run primaries on those guys that decided to run to the middle with policy they laid out together. host: thank you for the call. guest: so many things. basically, you are assuming that john boehner would be elected speaker in a democratic house. it is not likely that they would give him their votes. it is far more likely, quite honestly, that the democrats would like to see continued disruption on the republican side. either way there would be a much-weakened speaker or he would be deposed. host: this president haas tried to give him some cover and boehner's party made hi
and john boehner kind of got together and nancy pelosi told boehner he could bring the votes for his speakership and then maybe together could isolate the tea party section of his group and take away some of the radical left of her group and bring the moderates together, support him for speakership. me, being a democrat, i would not get everything i want, but the republicans would get everything they wanted. by the time re-election came up they would have seen there was a lot of progress made...
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into the speakership. >> they wouldn't have to vote for pelosi. they could vote for newt gingrich -- >> but pelosi would get the most votes. >> you need to get 218. they would need to find a nominee who had 218. i don't think boehner would ever lose, but i think it would be a big symbol, a very big kind of vote of dissatisfaction among his republicans. >> chris, you know what we don't need right now is another symbol. how about complete chaos. thank you. wait until you see the headlines the next couple days, but the grown-ups who write front pages are going to go these guys are nuts. thank you, chris, up on the hill and, josh, for enlightening us for the purposes of the viewer. >>> coming up, the man in the middle of the republican circus, john boehner. let's figure out this guy. what is his story? he's the leader of the party that doesn't want to be led by him or anybody. they don't even -- well, it's not even actually a political party. it's a faction of tea party people telling the most republicans that they're not playing ball with them. >>> a
into the speakership. >> they wouldn't have to vote for pelosi. they could vote for newt gingrich -- >> but pelosi would get the most votes. >> you need to get 218. they would need to find a nominee who had 218. i don't think boehner would ever lose, but i think it would be a big symbol, a very big kind of vote of dissatisfaction among his republicans. >> chris, you know what we don't need right now is another symbol. how about complete chaos. thank you. wait until you...
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>> both leader pelosi and i have said we're going to work to pass a plan to avoid the sequester, put ourselves on a fiscally sustainable path. if the president puts forward a plan that he can get agreement with speaker boehner on. we've said we're going to work to get that passed. >> will you get a majority of democrats, house democrats to support whatever president obama agrees to? >> well, i don't want to say whatever president obama agrees to. but my presumption is, i think leader pelosi's presumption is the same that the president will not get to a deal that is not acceptable to a majority of us on the democratic side in the house. it won't be the deal that we would like perhaps. it won't have everything. it will have some things in there we won't like. and it will have some things in there the republicans won't like. but if we're going to be a functional congress, if we're going to serve the american people well, we're going to have to come to grips with compromises to get to where we need to be. and it's clear that speaker boehner, at this point in time, does not have the votes
>> both leader pelosi and i have said we're going to work to pass a plan to avoid the sequester, put ourselves on a fiscally sustainable path. if the president puts forward a plan that he can get agreement with speaker boehner on. we've said we're going to work to get that passed. >> will you get a majority of democrats, house democrats to support whatever president obama agrees to? >> well, i don't want to say whatever president obama agrees to. but my presumption is, i think...
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but you may remember last week the house democratic leader nancy pelosi, former speaker of the house, held a hearing in which she focused on this issue including that georgetown law student who by the way got some attention today on rush limbaugh based on his comments on his radio program, comment we won't repeat but getting a lot of attention. so today the democratic leader in the house, nancy pelosi responding to this debate. >> talking about march being women's history month and talking about this assault on women. we've talked to a number of catholic women who see the contraception issue, see this differently. you're a catholic woman. what is the divide in this in the catholic church? how do you view in this your faith compared to the way they are interpreting it in terms of how it pertains to their faith? >> this is a woman's issue. i don't know who the people you spoke to but i know the record shows that 90% of catholic women of child bearing age use birth control. so this is a woman's health issue. it's a matter of conscience for each woman. her doctor, her husband, her family
but you may remember last week the house democratic leader nancy pelosi, former speaker of the house, held a hearing in which she focused on this issue including that georgetown law student who by the way got some attention today on rush limbaugh based on his comments on his radio program, comment we won't repeat but getting a lot of attention. so today the democratic leader in the house, nancy pelosi responding to this debate. >> talking about march being women's history month and...
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conference of mayors meeting here in washington, including remarks from democratic leader nancy pelosi and "the huffington post" blogs' arianna huffington. and local food sustainability and renewable energy. with president obama releasing his $3.8 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2013, a number of his cabinet secretaries will be heading to capitol hill tuesday to testify about the newly released request. at 10:00 a.m. eastern, c-span 3 will have live coverage of a senate finance committee hearing with treasury secretary tim geithner. and over on c-span, defense secretary leon panetta and joint chiefs of staff chairman general martin dempsey will testify before the senate armed services committee on the defense department's 2013 budget. it calls for $525.4 billion in discretionary spending. a 1% decrease from last year. and that gets under way at 9:30 eastern. >>> now online at the c-span video library, speeches from last weekend's conservative action conference. >> we must outsmart the liberals. we must outsmart the stupid people that are trying to ruin america. >> it's about o
conference of mayors meeting here in washington, including remarks from democratic leader nancy pelosi and "the huffington post" blogs' arianna huffington. and local food sustainability and renewable energy. with president obama releasing his $3.8 trillion budget proposal for fiscal year 2013, a number of his cabinet secretaries will be heading to capitol hill tuesday to testify about the newly released request. at 10:00 a.m. eastern, c-span 3 will have live coverage of a senate...
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other than house minority leader nancy pelosi i'm now hearing senate majority leader harry reid has joined her in making comments back at capitol hill. we'll let you know what they say as soon as that is transmitted to us. there are other directed comments they made little progress something they have been saying after the meetings the last few months. adam? >> we're looking to turn around reid's comments so we all can hear them. when you talk about the president he is up-or-down vote, someone referred to this as plan-c. is this the offer you reported on a while back where he would move the bottom line tax increase to 400,000 for the upper incomes as opposed to 250,000? is that on the table. >> we don't know if that is the specifically the offer on the table. it started at president's opening offer 250. you could see a pathway forward to raise the threshold up to 400, $500,000 a year, any amounts below that don't get tax increase. any amounts above that get tax increase. end of the year fixes preventing medicare doctors getting large pay cut. amt fix, prevents millions of americans paying
other than house minority leader nancy pelosi i'm now hearing senate majority leader harry reid has joined her in making comments back at capitol hill. we'll let you know what they say as soon as that is transmitted to us. there are other directed comments they made little progress something they have been saying after the meetings the last few months. adam? >> we're looking to turn around reid's comments so we all can hear them. when you talk about the president he is up-or-down vote,...
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i agree with what nancy pelosi said. history improves itself. >> so based on history, this is about math and not ideology. the sense i get on the hill today, if you don't get the rate increase, you can forget everything else. >> we have seen in this country a decline in infrastructure in the last 30 years. that means everything from investment in community colleges, health care, highways and bridges, all of that. and we need these revenues particularly from upper income people. if the president would back down here or if we would lose this fight, it would say we're never going to increase taxes on the wealthy. >> if it's about the rates, that means john boehner's proposal is doa. >> his proposal is doa for a couple reasons. the math doesn't add up. >> he says he won't raise rates. he's getting heat on the hill today from people in his caucus about why did you put too much on the table? this tea party wing of the republican party over there in his caucus is telling him we'll give him the rates. >> it leaves us that john b
i agree with what nancy pelosi said. history improves itself. >> so based on history, this is about math and not ideology. the sense i get on the hill today, if you don't get the rate increase, you can forget everything else. >> we have seen in this country a decline in infrastructure in the last 30 years. that means everything from investment in community colleges, health care, highways and bridges, all of that. and we need these revenues particularly from upper income people. if...
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>> can you put the increase in national debt on barack obama and nancy pelosi alone? >> know, -- no. congressman king has been in congress for 10 years. i have a plan to make sure i can convince landowners to pass their land from one generation to the next and in sent landowners to help young farmers get started. one of the most important things we could be doing right now which congress has not done is pass the farm bill. >> thank you. our next question -- our next question comes from the staff writer for the northwest iowa review. your question will go to christie vilsack. >> the national unemployment rate has been 8%. iowa's unemployment rate rose to 5.5%. what areas do you see right for job growth? how deep lead to foster job but to lower unemployment and benefit our state? >> i talked a little bit about that in my interjection in terms of connection, animation, and also education. i see the opportunity to create lairs of the economic opportunity in small towns and help recreate the middle-class. i have seven or eight plans i have been talking around the districts
>> can you put the increase in national debt on barack obama and nancy pelosi alone? >> know, -- no. congressman king has been in congress for 10 years. i have a plan to make sure i can convince landowners to pass their land from one generation to the next and in sent landowners to help young farmers get started. one of the most important things we could be doing right now which congress has not done is pass the farm bill. >> thank you. our next question -- our next question...
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it's amazing what soup can do. >>> it's official, nancy pelosi isn't going anywhere. the first female ever to lead a political party in congress announced a few hours ago she would respect the will of her caucus and return as house minority leader. >> my colleagues made it very clear, in fact i think they must have coordinated with each other, because their message was clear, don't even think of leaving. >> that's a mandate. pelosi and senate majority leader harry reid will be facing off against the same republican tandem from the 112th congress, house speak enboehner and mitch mcconnell. politico reports the two are engaged in good cop/bad cop. mcconnell up for re-election has been taking the hard line and boehner has been extending olive branches. boehner's aide has begun negotiating with his white house counterpart. can the speaker corral the same tea party members that gave him migraines in the last term of congress. according to boehner this won't be a problem because there isn't any tea party in congress. >> we don't have a tea party caucus to speak of in the ho
it's amazing what soup can do. >>> it's official, nancy pelosi isn't going anywhere. the first female ever to lead a political party in congress announced a few hours ago she would respect the will of her caucus and return as house minority leader. >> my colleagues made it very clear, in fact i think they must have coordinated with each other, because their message was clear, don't even think of leaving. >> that's a mandate. pelosi and senate majority leader harry reid will...
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the difficulty exists because leader nancy pelosi, soon-to-be speaker nancy pelosi, she is right. if democrats when control the congress, it gets done. if they do not get control, it will be hard for the president to live up to his promise. i do not believe republicans will ultimately obstruct. lamar smith, the charity gigi sherry committee in the house of representatives, -- the judiciary committee, the day after the president released his statement, was going to release a press release. why? he was told to put it back toward we will get this done. it is just a matter of when. >> congress has the lowest approval rating in its history. >> do not the cad me. >> it is there. -- you are there. >> will continue to be like this? congress has never been more polarized. >> is not interesting that every election for president really is the most important elections in our lifetime? that is the case in 2012. we are at this crossroads. it is almost as if we are watching america and what destiny it will have. will we be the destiny, where the america of the leadership of the julian castro and
the difficulty exists because leader nancy pelosi, soon-to-be speaker nancy pelosi, she is right. if democrats when control the congress, it gets done. if they do not get control, it will be hard for the president to live up to his promise. i do not believe republicans will ultimately obstruct. lamar smith, the charity gigi sherry committee in the house of representatives, -- the judiciary committee, the day after the president released his statement, was going to release a press release. why?...
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because then they would have put nancy pelosi in charge of the house of representatives. see, i think these ideas that we talked about, i think they're popular ideas. this is a very close election. >> despite a scoreboard of 332 to 206, congressman paul ryan refuses to admit that president obama might have a mandate to push his agenda, a big part of which includes raising taxes on high earners. this week the president is holding court with ally and opponents to discuss the upcoming fiscal cliff. yesterday, at a meeting with progressive leaders the president said he would not give in to republican demands to extend all of the bush tax cuts. today he will meet with business leaders. the discussions underscore the president's opposing constituencies, but according to new york magazine's jonathan chaits the president has to do what he want -- joining us now from washington, "new york" magazine columnist by god jonathan chait. hello, my friend. >> thank you. >> jonathan, so the president met with progressive leaders yesterday and i think gave them some welcome news. how does h
because then they would have put nancy pelosi in charge of the house of representatives. see, i think these ideas that we talked about, i think they're popular ideas. this is a very close election. >> despite a scoreboard of 332 to 206, congressman paul ryan refuses to admit that president obama might have a mandate to push his agenda, a big part of which includes raising taxes on high earners. this week the president is holding court with ally and opponents to discuss the upcoming fiscal...
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on a question from the luncheon between members such as john boehner and mitch mcconnell, and nancy pelosi and harry reid, and also joining the luncheon today, vice president joe biden. on capitol hill lawmakers are hearing the testimony today on the safety of cruise ships, a hearing prompted by the deadly january 13th accident on the costa accordia which hit a reef causing the death of passengers. and several people cited incompetency on the parts of the captain and the crew. a couple from massachusetts were there to testify, because they were on the ship and on the lifeboat, and they were there when the chaos began as they sat down to enjoy appetizers before dinner. we will hear part of this, and then get a perspective from a reporter from the "hill" newspaper, and meanwhile, we will hear from a member of the maritime subcommittee who was at the hearing. >> thank you for the testimony, and sorry about your experience. i'm having nothing to do with it, i'm embarrassed by what happened. it is shocking what happened. were you at any time inle forred by anyone that the vessel had struck a ro
on a question from the luncheon between members such as john boehner and mitch mcconnell, and nancy pelosi and harry reid, and also joining the luncheon today, vice president joe biden. on capitol hill lawmakers are hearing the testimony today on the safety of cruise ships, a hearing prompted by the deadly january 13th accident on the costa accordia which hit a reef causing the death of passengers. and several people cited incompetency on the parts of the captain and the crew. a couple from...
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they met in person at the white house on friday, along with house minority leader nancy pelosi and senate majority leader harry reid and minority leader senator mitch mcconnell. jeff, it seems like the media are poised to blame republicans if the deal falls apart. >> if you look at the polling, over half the country believes it's the g.o.p.'s fault if this deal falls apart. why that? the democrats and the president himself have done an effective job of essentially trashing republicans saying that this whole, the reason that there's a, you know, there isn't a deal in the first place, because it's their fault and that's not true. it's both parties that did this and the president particularly not showing leadership and kicking the can down the road and creating a super committee. the media is not covering this correctly at all. reporting that the president want a deficit package. 1 trillion from tending the war and that's going to happen and another trillion from spending cuts in the past so they are he completely ignoring that and again, it's not spending cuts that the president is going to
they met in person at the white house on friday, along with house minority leader nancy pelosi and senate majority leader harry reid and minority leader senator mitch mcconnell. jeff, it seems like the media are poised to blame republicans if the deal falls apart. >> if you look at the polling, over half the country believes it's the g.o.p.'s fault if this deal falls apart. why that? the democrats and the president himself have done an effective job of essentially trashing republicans...
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guest: nancy pelosi host: you think she can take back the house? kuchar engine mark guest: i think there is a very angry movement out there. they recognize that they have to have a change in leadership. the tea party has brought them nothing. the tea party people have said, let's tear down government. but they have no plan for what they were going to build up in its place. americans want the government. one example, we have done votes 302 times to lift environmental regulations on the environment. every bowl in the house has been to repeal environmental regulations. people want clean air and clean water. they want to have protection in consumer protection and all these things. i think they're going to make a change in this election. i think you'll find a lot of people will not be back in the next election and have control. c-span3 jim mcdermott, duet for being with us. when we come back, we will continue the conversation. we will get the republican said. representative joe barton of texas who is a member of the house energy & commerce. we will abou
guest: nancy pelosi host: you think she can take back the house? kuchar engine mark guest: i think there is a very angry movement out there. they recognize that they have to have a change in leadership. the tea party has brought them nothing. the tea party people have said, let's tear down government. but they have no plan for what they were going to build up in its place. americans want the government. one example, we have done votes 302 times to lift environmental regulations on the...
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that's nancy pelosi when the democrats had the house when it passed. she's happy becausist a democratic idea and president obama supported it. they passed it in the house and it went to the senate, and democrats were, in fact, in control of the senate. they sort of passed the dream act there, too, in the sense they got 55 votes for it, which ought to be five more votes you need to pass something in a majority rules body. the reason it didn't actually pass through the senate and become law is because republicans filibustered it even though democrats had a majority. republicans blocked democrats from passing the dream act with the majority she had, even though democrats had lined up 55 votes. republicans are saying it's an outrage that president obama never tried to take this through congress. they make it sound like they wanted something like this to go through congress. they've been waiting for the opportunity. republicans did not want that. democrats went for it and republicans stopped it from going through congress. so now president obama found a way
that's nancy pelosi when the democrats had the house when it passed. she's happy becausist a democratic idea and president obama supported it. they passed it in the house and it went to the senate, and democrats were, in fact, in control of the senate. they sort of passed the dream act there, too, in the sense they got 55 votes for it, which ought to be five more votes you need to pass something in a majority rules body. the reason it didn't actually pass through the senate and become law is...
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we tried the nancy pelosi way. the first two years president obama was in office she peaceally got everything she wanted from the dodd-frank legislation to the health care legislation, to the passage of cap and trade in the house. we know what was next, the card check unionization bill. gregg: right. >> all the things nancy pelosi was doing to turn the economy around the first two years her, you know, was terrible. obviously she disagrees what it takes to create a job. gregg: even the christian science monitor, david grant said this of this new bill. none of these provisions put as shovel in an unemployed construction worker's hand or cuts taxes to allow employers to have more money. isn't that true? >> well, it is true. it is not a construction jobs bill. it is not an infrastructure bill. so i will give them that. the house is working on trying to put together a highway bill. i would mention to you that when the democrats controlled the entire process they advanced no infrastructure bill. the only reason we're tal
we tried the nancy pelosi way. the first two years president obama was in office she peaceally got everything she wanted from the dodd-frank legislation to the health care legislation, to the passage of cap and trade in the house. we know what was next, the card check unionization bill. gregg: right. >> all the things nancy pelosi was doing to turn the economy around the first two years her, you know, was terrible. obviously she disagrees what it takes to create a job. gregg: even the...
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reid, mcconnell, boehner and pelosi. . joining me to talk more, we have peter alexander standing by at the white house as well as nbc's mike viqueira on capitol hill. some verbal smackdown, basically flipping the lights back on and harry reid taking to the floor to eviscerate speaker boehner. >> the sad part is you often seen the floor opened that way. mitch mcconnell being later today. i'm sure we'll hear something later. to hear it two days after christmas and a matter of days before we go through the fiscal cliff, obviously not encouraging. harry reid says time is running hout. he doesn't know if they could go through the legislative hurdles. if they have the votes around here, they can legislate the sky is green and the grass is blue. that's not an issue. what harry reid is really saying is mitch mcconnell, get on board, don't try to filibuster. of course they're talking about a bill that had raise capital on couples making more than $250,000 a year, and do a few other nuts and bolts that are deemed the bare minimum th
reid, mcconnell, boehner and pelosi. . joining me to talk more, we have peter alexander standing by at the white house as well as nbc's mike viqueira on capitol hill. some verbal smackdown, basically flipping the lights back on and harry reid taking to the floor to eviscerate speaker boehner. >> the sad part is you often seen the floor opened that way. mitch mcconnell being later today. i'm sure we'll hear something later. to hear it two days after christmas and a matter of days before we...
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nancy pelosi will have a news conference. we'll bring that live. >>> newtown and the nation paused earlier today remembering the 26 souls who were lost exactly one week ago. president obama and his top advisors join the remembrance in the oval office. the nra responded shrugging off protesters today. the gun lobby's answer? more guns. armed guards in our schools. >> the only way to stop a monster from killing our kids is to be personally involved and invested in a plan of absolute protection. the only thing that stops a bad guy with a gun is a good guy with a gun. >> and, finally, the nation says aloha to senator daniel inouye. >> he was a wise, a good man. the reason he could be courageous without being sanctimonious. the reason he could be so generous and old-fashionedly gallant without seeming pompous, the reason he could be friends across the aisle and find principled compromise without sacrificing principle is because that is who he was. this moving and personal tribute from president obama. >> and who taught so many of
nancy pelosi will have a news conference. we'll bring that live. >>> newtown and the nation paused earlier today remembering the 26 souls who were lost exactly one week ago. president obama and his top advisors join the remembrance in the oval office. the nra responded shrugging off protesters today. the gun lobby's answer? more guns. armed guards in our schools. >> the only way to stop a monster from killing our kids is to be personally involved and invested in a plan of...